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State Sen. Mike McGuire, whose district consists of Marin, speaks throughout a listening to in Sacramento. (Dai Sugano/Bay Space Information Group)
State Sen. Mike McGuire, whose district consists of Marin and different counties alongside the northern coast, has been named Senate majority chief.
McGuire, a Democrat who lives in Healdsburg, replaces Bob Hertzberg of Van Nuys. Hertzberg shall be termed out of the Legislature after this yr.
“I'm so extremely grateful for the chance to serve on this new function,” McGuire mentioned Wednesday. “And my high precedence will all the time be the North Coast.”
“We now have been via a lot collectively over the past a number of years – a number of wildfires, floods, excessive drought and this pandemic,” he mentioned. “Even via our darkest days, we by no means gave up and we by no means gave in. Collectively, we are going to by no means give up preventing for the way forward for the North Coast and the Golden State.”
McGuire has been the assistant majority chief. The promotion makes him the second highest rating state senator, behind Senate President professional Tempore Toni Atkins.
McGuire was elected to the Senate in 2014, however he isn't termed out till 2026 due to a change in time period restrict guidelines.
Hertzberg, a former Meeting speaker, joined the state Legislature in 1996. He was elected to the Senate in 2014 and has been majority chief for 3 years.
Hertzberg introduced Tuesday that he'll compete for a seat on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
Atkins is termed out in 2024.
The Unbiased Journal contributed to this report.